Travel Blogs from Ilha Grande, Brazil

... at least have the decency to look away while I threw up!)
All this was definitely worth it though when we arrived. IlhaGrande is just a tropical paradise. Somehow saved from being ruined by tourism, it's covered with thick green jungled hills and ...

... would do and by more we were dancing by huge soundsystems whilst men walked through the crowd with AK47s strapped to their backs! Ilhagrande was about a 4 hour transfer from Rio and when we got there it was beautiful, a vehicle free island it with ...

... registered but it seems to be the way things get done in Brazil.
We have meet quite a lot of English people in IlhaGrande. James and Haley from Bristol these guys were really cute....James was funny when plastered and kept telling what an alright ...

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Even though the weather was second class (it rained on the third day when we were suppose to trek to the best beach in Brazil), we had a good time. On the second day, we spent a day on a booze boat cruising around the island and sipped caprinhas ...

... beautiful. Once we reached our port, we boarded a little boat for a 2 hour ride out into the ocean to reach IlhaGrande, Brazil. This tiny island has no cars, roads or large hotels. A single slooow internet cafe (here) some great seafood restaurants ...

... leading up to our bed on a mezzanine. This cost us the princely sum of A$41 a night including a sumptuous breakfast. Our trip to IlhaGrande was however anything but relaxing. It was a bit like that show on TV "Race Around the World “. You know the ...

Day 327 - 329 - Rio - IlhaGrande
Feeling the effects of what at imes has felt like a week long drunken binge in Rio, we opted to retreat a few hours south of the city to the tropical island of IlhaGrande. The clincher for me was when one of the guys ...

... a its most pertinent! I may well be disappointed with my next day trip to Southend or Brighton!
in addition to the stated reasons, IlhaGrande has taken a turn for the better due to other factors. Claire, an Irish girl we met in Rio (one of the few we ...

Stunning, breathtaking, gorgeous, peaceful and remote, the only way to describe the beaches on the other side of this little island. I took an hour ferry around the island, docked, and continued with a 1/2 hour hike up and over a mountain to find the ...

... now.
Marge and I have spent 5 extraordinary days on what could only be described as a tropical paradise. Gut wrenchingly beautiful, IlhaGrande is about 150km from Rio and is reached by a 2.5 hour bus ride and a 90 minute ...

Having grown tired of the big city rat race, we decide to skip town and head to an island a little up the coast named IlhaGrande (or "Big Island"). Having heard it described as "one of the most beautiful national parks in brazil, a tropical paradise and, ...

... night which is going to be really hard.. Itīs been like having a little gang..
Right now Iīm in IlhaGrande, a beautiful island to the south west of Brazil. Itīs a massive contrast to the relatively hectic, dirty, scary Rio. Iīve been here since ...

... until the end of Rio, so I’ll let you know about our next destination and the proper start of the travelling – IlhaGrande. The literal translation is "Big Island", so the Brazilians are clearly an imaginative bunch! 13th Feb Our alarm ...

We've spent 4 full days in the island IlhaGrande.This island is a one big jungle with a well developed set of trails for independent hiking to the beaches. The only cars on this island belongs to the emergency services and everything is done by foot or ...

We left Rio for IlhaGrande yesterday, it is just a couple of hours south and then a boat ride from the port. Its an island with no roads, just beaches and a few hostels and restaurants, fishing boats and paths between beaches. It is beautiful, looks to ...

Ilha Grange is an island off the coast of Brazil, apparently about 3hrs south of Rio. We were able to get a transfer with the hostel we were staying at (Aqua Rio) that took us there. What we didn`t realize was that by using the transfer we were taking our ...

... to pull ourselves away from the attraction of Rio and make our first move down south. First stop IlhaGrande a small island off the coast of Brazil south of Rio.
The island was very Caribbean like with its stunning beaches and minimal facilities (a ...

... , a journalist from Bariloche, whom I met in Rio a few weeks ago. The next day, we caught the early ferry to nearby IlhaGrande (Big Island). This island has more than 100 beaches, almost all of which are accessible by well marked trails. But since we ...

... to the hostel and coming across stray puppies, hopping over streams, wading through river and climbing over obstacles. I really hope Brazil doesnīt become too much of a tourist destination oneday. It has the mystery factor to it right now. To those who ...

... realise he is just a friendly local who isn't trying to sell us anything - we are in ultra friendly Brazil after all! IlhaGrande is Brazil's third largest island - and a very popular tourist destination. The beaches are well populated by tourists of all ...

... to Christ the Redeemer. Regret is definitely not the feeling running through my mind, as I arrive in the tranquil island of IlhaGrande. People stroll from A to B around here. There is a pleasant feeling of clam, emanating in the atmosphere. I feel at ...

Sunday 14th August The boat took only an hour and half to arrive....and we docked on to the island of IlhaGrande. We weren't far from Rio de Janeiro either.....this is where we would be heading in a few days time for our last stop before home. This large ...

Arrived in IlhaGrande late afternoon and first impressions are great.
The hotel weīre staying in is class - we each have self contained cabins. We didnīt have much time before heading out to dinner. The place we went to was ...